kettleful

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noun

An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.

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kettle
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Meanings

nounkettleful (plural kettlefuls or kettlesful)

plural kettlefuls · plural kettlesful

  1. An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.

    Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

    1922, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Fairy Stories

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe quantity a kettle will hold

Similar
kettle
Broader
containerful
Also see
kettle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

* from kettle + -ful

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Translations

Finnish kattilallinen
  • kattilallinenamount
Italian calderata
  • calderataamount
Spanish caldeirada
  • caldeiradaamount
Cite this entry
APA

kettleful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kettleful

MLA

“kettleful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kettleful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kettleful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kettleful.

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